On Wednesday, the American set kick times for its opening-weekend games and a number of contests afterward. And on Thursday the league set the time and date for its inaugural championship game.
The first American championship will be held Saturday, Dec. 5 at noon ET on either ABC or ESPN. Last year, ESPN showed Houston at Cincinnati at noon ET on Championship Saturday, so this isn’t much of a change from years past.The date and time for our first Football Championship has been released http://t.co/755Mwj5wbb pic.twitter.com/EiP7JgNjg2
— American Football (@American_FB) May 28, 2015
Of note above: the title game will be hosted by the team with the best conference record and not the highest-ranked division championship, which sometimes isn’t necessarily the same thing.
As a refresher, the American divisions are divvied up as follows:
EAST
Connecticut
Temple
Cincinnati
East Carolina
Central Florida
South Florida
WEST
Memphis
Tulane
Houston
SMU
Tulsa
Navy
Yes, Navy is in the West Division. Best get used to it now, people.